President Donald Trump traveled to Pennsylvania last week to double down on his economic messages: The affordability concerns of Americans are a Democratic “hoax” and if anyone is unhappy, it's a Blame Biden Economy.

A more fitting description would be the Trump Self-Inflicted Wound Economy.

It's not unusual for presidents starting their ...Read more

Twenty-five years ago this month, the words of one good man uneasily brought us all together.

Al Gore did not have to concede Florida and with it, the 2000 presidential election and America’s future. With just 537 Florida votes separating him and George W. Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to the recount of thousands of Florida ...Read more

Soon, you may no longer be able to afford health care since Republicans have once again blocked efforts to subsidize the Affordable Care Act.

The most recent government shutdown became the longest in history because Democrats insisted on continuing to fund health care while the GOP balked. The Republicans won. America lost.

But don’t despair...Read more

Even for an administration that makes no secret of its antipathy toward immigrants, recent rhetoric from the White House has been alarming and inflammatory — and at odds with reality.

The facts are: Immigrants are more likely to be in the workforce, and start businesses, than native-born Americans. They are less likely to commit crimes. Even ...Read more

Some folks are "Home Alone" lovers, while others are "Die Hard" fans. For me, it wouldn’t be the holiday season without singing along to "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

This year, I found myself thinking about Scrooge’s need to hoard and consume without a flicker of concern for those he hurt. It made me wonder what might happen if the ...Read more

Last week, Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for kids under 16. As the children of Oz wept and gnashed their teeth (I presume), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged them to "start a new sport, learn a new instrument, or read that book that has been sitting there on your shelf for some time."

The ban is...Read more

Let the annals of this country show it was the murder of a Jewish couple on the first night of Hanukkah that showed how profoundly un-Christian Donald J. Trump is once and for all.

The prosecution rests, and there can no rebuttal: We are a nation led by President Meathead.

Except unlike the character of the same name famously played by Rob ...Read more

I had dinner with my son recently, and as tends to happen with us, we started talking about Quentin Tarantino's two-part masterpiece, "Kill Bill." We fell in love with the movies when they were released more than 20 years ago, when my son was in elementary school, and we have seen them countless times. My son had bought tickets to see the ...Read more

It doesn’t matter where you live, what you do for a living or what your politics are. When someone asks you to list your favorite movies, there’s a good chance that a Rob Reiner film makes the list. When someone asks you for a random movie quote, it’s even more likely that a Reiner movie will power the next words you say, from “I’ll ...Read more

The fact that Dick Van Dyke turned 100 on Dec. 13 is remarkable enough. But the entertainment icon hasn’t simply made it to the century mark; he’s remained purposefully engaged in life and with those around him: acting, dancing, mentoring younger performers, and spreading joy to millions.

Van Dyke is a reminder that aging does not diminish ...Read more

The Democratic Party sent a strong message to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the 2025 elections, but ironically one part of their overall strategy forward should be to support Independents in House and Senate races where the chances of victory for a Democratic candidate are low.

Double irony: Republicans should employ the ...Read more

People are talking about America’s “K-shaped economy,” so named because charts show different sectors’ fortunes diverging like the two arms of that letter. Recently, for example, data services firm ADP reported 32,000 lost U.S. jobs in November — a sharp reversal from October’s 47,000 gain, but not unexpected. But within that data, ...Read more

Just when you thought Democrats might be on track to claw back the U.S. Senate next year, they decided it would be much more exciting to fling themselves head first into a cactus.

I’m talking about the Texas Democratic primary, where Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a progressive firebrand who just jumped into the race, is now the presumptive ...Read more

When word came of Rob Reiner's senseless death, America fell into familiar rites of mourning and remembrance. A waterfall of tributes poured in from the twin worlds — Hollywood and politics — that the actor, director and liberal activist inhabited.

Through the shock and haze, before all but the sketchiest details were known, President ...Read more

U.S. politics this coming year will be defined by the midterm elections, and if current trends continue, Democrats could take back Congress.

According to recent Marist polling, Democrats lead by 14 points on the national ballot question, while President Donald Trump’s approval rating is at a new low of 36%.

The question is whether, and how, ...Read more

Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, is under fire from all directions — from Democrats, naturally, but also from fellow Republicans angry with him for, well, just about everything.

My bill didn’t pass: Blame Johnson. My bill was ignored: Blame Johnson. The perennially broken appropriations process is still broken: Blame ...Read more

“What a decade this year has been.” That’s how a friend in Washington described 2025 to me. The last 12 months saw a flurry of activity as Republicans in the White House and Congress worked to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda before he reaches “lame duck” status. The result was a swirling mix of policy highs and lows that — ...Read more

Covert operations are nothing new for the United States. Throughout its history, the U.S. has overthrown governments it didn’t like, supported insurgencies to complicate the goals of its adversaries and organized coups to subvert politicians perceived as being hostile to American interests.

The list of examples is long: to name just a few, ...Read more